Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally
Chelsea Eviction Risk: High , Atlantic City
Tract 34001000300 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 4,092 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 34001000300 belongs to the Chelsea area of Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is home to 4,092 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,337 a month while the average household earns $53,463 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,441
Renter share77.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$53,463
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlantic City and the region
Centroid at 39.3537, -74.4544 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chelsea scores 8.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlantic City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,337 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlantic City
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlantic City
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlantic City
5.7
How Chelsea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 12%Grade B
- 31%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 709Total filings over 6 yrs
- 11.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.3%Peak (2018)
- 158Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 19% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chelsea. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 24.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.6%Food insecurity
- 22.4%SNAP enrollment
- 15.7%Transit barriers
- 24.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chelsea
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Atlantic City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001000300?
Census tract 34001000300 in the Chelsea neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34001000300?
Median gross rent is $1,337/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001000300?
23.0% of residents in tract 34001000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001000300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 82th, minority 90th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 34001000300 considered part of Chelsea?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001000300 fall within Chelsea (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001000300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 709 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.87% of renter households, peaking at 17.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001000300 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001000300 compare to Atlantic City overall?
Tract 34001000300 scores 8.2/10, higher than the parent city of Atlantic City at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlantic City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34001000300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Atlantic City
Top eight tracts in Atlantic City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Bungalow Park
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Northeast Inlet
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Midtown
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Chelsea
9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Stanley S. Holmes Village
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Midtown North
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Ducktown
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Southeast Inlet
8.7
/ 10 · High
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